Hyde Park extends curfew until 1am for BTLondon Live Olympic festival

Westminster council have extended the Hyde Park curfew until 1am for BTLondon Live – a concert that will coincide with the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games.

Duran Duran will be performing at the special gig in Hyde Park, which has been granted a curfew of 1am (Picture: Reuters)

Duran Duran, Stereophonics and Snow Patrol are among the acts who will be taking the stage at the concert in Hyde Park, and fans of the groups can get more music for their money with the later curfew.

Westminster council have described the curfew as ‘exceptional’ adding that the opening night of the Olympics is a unique event.

Licensing chairman of the council Audrey Lewis told the BBC: ‘The opening night of the Olympics is clearly an exceptional evening and the Hyde Park show on Friday is timed to run around the opening ceremony of the Olympics.

‘It is not a case of a straightforward concert night at Hyde Park.’

She added: ‘We took that into consideration when granting the application. It is clearly different from commercial shows that run throughout other parts of the year.’

The news follows Bruce Springsteen being cut off by Hard Rock Calling organisers when his set, which featured Sir Paul McCartney, ran until 11pm.

Clearly sore about the whole incident, The Boss went on to make digs about what happened at his subsequent live appearance in Dublin, including holding up a sign which read: ‘Only the Boss says when to pull the plug.’

Towards the end of the show, a man dressed as a policeman came on stage and attempted to arrest the Born To Run singer – which drew laughter from his massed fans.